Purchasing EQM's
Dec 14, 2010 | 12:10 pm
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Purchasing EQM's
I read a brief discussion about this, and I am thinking of purchasing some EQM's when I fly later this week to bump up to the next elite level. How exactly does this work and what is the rough price per mile? Thanks.
Dec 14, 2010 | 12:33 pm
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My experience has been around 10+ cents per eqm.
Dec 14, 2010 | 12:36 pm
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so, if i am about 1000 miles shy of EQM, it would be better to just buy it.. correct?
Dec 14, 2010 | 12:36 pm
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MUCH MUCH cheaper to go to farecompare.com/flyertalk and do a *A search for the lowest cpm and greatest distance - do a mileage run over a weekend.
Dec 14, 2010 | 12:42 pm
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Here is the consolidated thread on this subject. There also seems to be another similar thread down the page:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/conti...merged-13.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/conti...merged-13.html
Dec 14, 2010 | 12:52 pm
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Dec 14, 2010 | 1:28 pm
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You will have to purchase the equivalent of the route you are flying - for example, if the route is 2134 miles, you will need to buy both offers and you will receive the that number of EQMs. You can't opt for a different value, say the 1000 that you need.
Dec 14, 2010 | 2:02 pm
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Dec 14, 2010 | 2:18 pm
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Find a route with the amount of miles you need. You shouldn't have to overpay. That being said, the price is going up by the day it seems!